Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Holman Bible
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah
International Standard Version
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
A Conservative Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
American Standard Version
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Amplified
Moses was willing to remain with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah [to be his wife].
Darby Translation
And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Julia Smith Translation
And Moses will be contented to dwell with the man, and he will give Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
King James 2000
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Modern King James verseion
And Moses was content to live with the man. And he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter which bare a son,
NET Bible
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
New Heart English Bible
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
The Emphasized Bible
And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, - and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
Webster
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
World English Bible
Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,
Themes
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Topics
Interlinear
Ya'al
Yashab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses In Midian
20 And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal. 21 And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. 22 And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
Cross References
Genesis 31:38-40
These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
Exodus 2:10
And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.
Exodus 4:20-25
And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
Exodus 18:2-6
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
Numbers 12:1
Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.
Philippians 4:11-12
But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.
1 Timothy 6:6
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
Hebrews 11:25
Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
James 1:10
But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.